Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle

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Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle
TypeMonthly newspaper
Owner(s)Milwaukee Jewish Federation
EditorRob Golub
LanguageEnglish
City Milwaukee, Wisconsin
CountryUnited States
Circulation 8,700
Website www.jewishchronicle.org

The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle is a monthly Jewish newspaper, published in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was established in 1921 by a pair of German Jews, Nathan J. Gould and Irving G. Rhodes. [1] The editor is Rob Golub. [2]

Golub won two 2016 Milwaukee Press Club awards for Excellence in Journalism, for an editorial and a critical review in the Chronicle. [3]

A former editor was Andrew Muchin who resigned after running an editorial calling for the resignation of then-Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. [4]

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References

  1. Chronicling a Community: Milwaukee's Jews and the Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, Steve Byers, UW-Milwaukee
  2. "About". Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle. 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  3. "2016 Excellence In Journalism Awardees | Milwaukee Press Club". milwaukeepressclub.org. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  4. Margo Huston (December 27, 1997). "Jewish paper's editor resigns, Chronicle's chief had written editorial calling for Netanyahu to quit". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. 1B.